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Definition of Chrysemys
1. Noun. Painted turtles.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Emydidae, Family Emydidae
Member holonyms: Chrysemys Picta, Painted Terrapin, Painted Tortoise, Painted Turtle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysemys
Literary usage of Chrysemys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"Chrysemys. C'kry»emy», GRAY, Cat. Tort., Croc., Amphis., Brit. Mns., 1844, p.
27 (types pietà and bellii). The shell is rather narrow, low or moderately ..."
2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1885)
"Although this species, under the name of Chrysemys Oregonensis, was included ...
I now find it to be the common Chrysemys of the streams in Shawnee county. ..."
3. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"The largest genus is Chrysemys; it contains the largest species and its ...
Many of the species of Chrysemys have very long, sharp claws on both pair of ..."
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